Trilateral agreement fails to address social issues
by Amy Steele

Group lobbies for mandatory fine arts and other stories
by Amy Steele

RANT & RAVE

Charm is not an antiquated notion
Modern architecture shouldn’t dismiss the human requirement for beauty
by Rob Jobst

WEB WATCH

Ipod envy
Protecting your best friend from harm - in style
by Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

Sing an angry song of road rage
Drive by meditation won’t work - all those other drivers are trying to kill you
by Sid Marty

CITY

Fight for women’s rights rages on
Pioneer feminist Gloria Steinem keeps passion and sense of humour intact
by Amy Steele

SCIENCE MATTERS

Drowning in a sea of ignorance
New studies on effects of climate change barely make a blip on the media radar
by David Suzuki

FOOD

Palace in a strip mall
Mouth-watering Moughal Mahal an Indian-Pakistani Bangladeshi gem
by Danyael Halprin

TRAVEL

Thai fair ladies
Alberta could take a lesson in same-sex tolerance from open-minded thailand
by Ashifa Kassam

BOOKS

Smells like teen angst
Sara Bynoe puts passion for bad adolescent poetry between covers
by Natalie St-Denis

BOOKENDS

Poetry energy zaps The New Gallery
Four verse-slingers whip out their innovations for upcoming bash
by Harry Vandervlist

TELEVISION

A cure for the crap
Elvira Kurt’s Popcultured takes aim at fatuous entertainment news shows
by Stephen W. Smith

COMEDY

Off the rails
Comedian Lorne Elliott not on traditional track to notoriety
by Stephen W. Smith

COVER

Mixing sinister with fun
The Plaid Tongued Devils reclaim the stage and make themselves a monster
by Christine Leonard

MUSIC

Hooray for Teen Girl Squad #3
Blood Dungeon is what happens when booze and band names mix
by Martin Kemp

Taking advantage of serendipity
Joel Plaskett learned that the road to Arizona was paved with song
by Aubrey McInnis

Making country music cool again
Kent McAlister’s songs make you nod your head, not turn up your nose
by Mary-Lynn Wardle

The most sincere form of flattery
Guitar picker Christ Smither writes songs that other artists want to sing
by Rick Overwater

Going to extremes
Strapping Young Lad aren’t just a faceless, hollow front for a record company
by Christine Leonard

Making the Cuban connection
Jazz drummer Sandro Dominelli finds inspiration outside the comfort zone
by Dennis Slater

CD REVIEWS

Beck gets back into party album mode
CD Reviews:
Beck’s Guero
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Mando Diao’s Hurricane Bear
reviewed by Lenore Hume
Various Artists’ Soul Gospel & Grant Green’s Feelin’ the Spirit
both reviewed by Jason Lewis
Queens of the Stone Age’s Lullabies to Paralyze
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Prefuse 73’s Surrounded by Silence
reviewed by Jane McCullough

VISUAL ARTS

Welcome to Holly Simon’s dollhouse
Truck Gallery curator flaunts her artistic side in 17th Avenue window
by Mark Clintberg

April not for fools
Collisions, ceramics and Anne Frank
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Come to the dork side
Lunchbox comedy appeals to your inner nerd
by Katharine Lepora

A season of scrappy women
Helen Keller and Joan of Arc among the plucky ladies in Theatre Calgary lineup
by Martin Morrow

Rosebud flies The Kite
Daddy Sherry returns to the stage in W.O. Mitchell’s Prairie comedy
by Jeff Kubik

DANCE

You’ll be hearing from them
Eko Dance Projects uses 40 dancers of all ages and skills to celebrate diversity
by David King

FILM

The upside of acting-directing
Mike Binder’s quest for the curtain effect brings out great performances
by Jason Lewis

The merits of Sin
Robert Rodriguez proves once and for all that he is the future of filmmaking
by Jason Lewis

An obvious but necessary message
Downfall joins the ranks of several Third Reich historical dramas
by Timothy Heck

Plus-sized presence, pint-sized picture
Even with Queen Latifah’s star power, Beauty Shop desperately needs a makeover
by M.D. Stewart

The beauty of Mother Nature
Using natural disasters, Forces of Nature tears up the screen as best it can
by Craig Boyko

Guess Who should stick to doing TV?
Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac squander their talent and pocket the cash
by Kirsten Kosloski

VIDEO VULTURE

And you will know him by the trail of dead
Aim for the head - The Vulture finds big laughs in the canon of zombie comedies
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Burning down the house
Burn To Shine makes the most of the music DVD, elevating it to video art
by Kirsten Kosloski